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You Suffered Last Year. Will Uncle Sam Pay You Back?

Remember last year’s big floods across the Pottstown area? If your property was affected, how could you forget! You might be able to claim a deduction for property damages on your 2011 federal income tax, but be forewarned: it won’t be easy.

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Posted in Business, Government, Lower Pottsgrove, North Coventry, Personal Finance, Pottstown, Real Estate, Safety, Weather1 Comment

Pottstown Soroptimists To Celebrate St. Paddy’s Day

An “Irish Extravaganza” featuring the musical group Ceili Rain is scheduled by the Pottstown chapter of Soroptimists International as a St. Patrick’s Day fund-raiser for March 17 (2012; Saturday) beginning at 7 p.m. in Sunnybrook Ballroom, Sanatoga. Tickets cost $25. For information, call 610-323-3230.

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Posted in Arts, Holidays, Lower Pottsgrove, Non-Profit, Pottstown, Recreation, Social2 Comments

Barbershop Harmonies Show In Pottstown This March

Several quartets and choruses are scheduled to sing, and bring the art of vocal harmony to an East High Street, Pottstown, church.

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Posted in Arts, Chester County, Entertainment, Events, Lower Pottsgrove, Montgomery County, Pottstown, Social1 Comment

CMERT Squad Looks To Welcome Lower Frederick

Pottstown and surrounding municipalities are being asked to vote on including Lower Frederick Township as a member of the Ches-Mont Emergency Response Team. It was Lower Pottsgrove’s turn Thursday; its commissioners gave unanimous consent.

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Posted in Government, Lower Pottsgrove, Montgomery County, Police, Pottstown, Regional, Safety, Upper Pottsgrove, West Pottsgrove2 Comments

Pottstown Company Markets Just The Boat You’d Float

In the market for some exotic transportation, a not-so-little workhorse of the seas? You need to scramble, then, to visit Municibid, the online auction company and website operated from Pottstown by former borough council member Greg Berry.

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Posted in Business, Government, Lower Pottsgrove, Pottstown, Technology, TransportationComments Off

Pottstown Man Injured During Hit-And-Run In Sanatoga

Investigators continue to hunt for a “heavy-set white female” driving a compact car.

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Posted in Government, Law, Lower Pottsgrove, Police, PottstownComments Off

From Inspiration At Pottstown Plant, CJ’s Marks 40th Year

A thriving regional tire and automotive business that operates in North Coventry and Birdsboro got its start four decades ago as its founder labored in Pottstown’s former Firestone tire manufacturing plant.

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Posted in Business, Employment, Lower Pottsgrove, North Coventry, PottstownComments Off

Pottstown Credit Union Brings Lessons To High School

Diamond Credit Union, headquartered in Lower Pottsgrove, is providing financial experts to advise personal finance classes at Pottstown High School under a partnership agreement with the school district.

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Posted in Business, Education, Lower Pottsgrove, Personal Finance, Pottstown1 Comment

Local Voters Sliced, Whacked And Hacked In Redistricting

The state redistricting proposal presented following release of the latest U.S. Census figures splits Pottstown between two representatives, and moves three northwestern Montgomery County boroughs into a Lehigh County district.

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Posted in Government, Lower Pottsgrove, Montgomery County, Politics, Pottstown3 Comments

Wednesday Anniversary: Keim Bridge Closed 1 Year

The South Keim Street bridge still needs millions of dollars in repairs if it is to be re-opened, 12 months after being declared unsound. The good news, a local engineer has reported, is that all affected municipalities agree the bridge is “important.”

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Posted in Business, Chester County, Government, Infrastructure, Kenilworth, Lower Pottsgrove, Montgomery County, North Coventry, Pottstown, Transportation1 Comment

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